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Community Birthday Party and Local Visits across Towns
A birthday pot luck for Wilbur Nissen brought together Carl and Vera Rutz, Floyd Lane, Longs, Gimers, and others. Various families visited grandparents, attended graduations in Des Moines, and joined weddings and dinners at Armstrong, Humboldt, and Mason City as residents traveled to Pequot Lakes and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Rutz
Rowan
Floyd Lane
Long
Tom Gimer
Paul
David
Wilbur Nissen
Vera, Anderegg
West Bend
Leo Mimbach
Enfred Pearson
Roy Lawnson
Glen
Alf Johnson
Cereseo
Neb
Donald Green
Artington
Marvin Pearson
C. R. Arne
Minneapolis
Minn
Denise
Duane C. Anderson
Kenneth Burk
South Dakota
Cora Burk
Jack Dooley
Jerry Dooley
Eagle Grove
Hart Gimner
Miller
Livermore
Dale Rapp
Denny
Wayne
Ronald Bennett
Gene Gilmer
Grace Methodist Church
Louix City
Fred Rasmussen
N. E. Laoft
Armstrong
Karl Pergande
Bruce
Richard
Ernest Pergande
John Baumgartner
Fannie Altman
Humbold
Harold McBurney
Mra Grant Hoffman
Humboldt
Fannie DeMooy
Eldon Walters
Robert Nelson
Earl Werling
Jim Kelling
Martha
Clara
Lena Elmer
Duane “McCurry
Fannié DeMooy
Henry Bram
Louie Brams
Mason City
Bram
Louie Bram
Herman
Ned
Jim Guy
Arlene Bruns